This is England (V.O.)

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This is England (V.O.)

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Guía didáctica realizada por
Ángel Gonzalvo Vallespí
Clara Marco Murria
UN DÍA DE CINE IES PIRáMIDE HUESCA
Carretera de Cuarte s/n. 22071-Huesca (España)
Contacto: 974-210012. [email protected]
www.undiadecineiespiramidehuesca.com
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ÍNDICE
Índice ………….….……………………………………………………..3
Mis anotaciones ……………………………………………………....4
Shane Meadows ....…………………………………………………...5
Ficha y sinopsis ………………………………………………………...6
Historical context……………………………………………………....7
Margaret Thatcher……………………………………….…..7
The Falkland War………………………………………….….8
Antes de ver This is England ...……………………………………....9
Cómo se hizo……………………………………………….…9
Observa lo qué se cuenta………………………………...10
Observa cómo se cuenta…………………………………10
The director speaks…………………………………………………..12
Cast & crews and sinopsis ....………………………………………13
Before watching the film……………………………………………14
Notice how they speak……………………………………14
Notice what is told………………………………………….14
Notice how it is told………………………………………...16
Narrative report……………………………………………………....17
Analizamos This is England …………………………………………19
Activities………………………………………………………………..23
Vocabulary…………………………………………………………....29
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MIS ANOTACIONES
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SHANE MEADOWS
Cine Social
Shane Meadows (1972),
no fue un buen estudiante en
su adolescencia, por lo que
prefirió el trabajo a los libros.
Así ejerció de ayudante de
payaso y de montador de
acero, antes de estudiar artes
dramáticas y fotografía. Pero
como el sistema educativo
seguía sin motivarle, se ofreció
como voluntario en un centro
de cinematografía en Nottingham, donde con la práctica aprendió
el oficio. Los fines de semana pedía prestada una cámara con la
que experimentaba la técnica necesaria para hacer cortos. Tras
producir uno cada mes durante un año, le pidieron dirigir un
documental para televisión
en 1995, y en 1997 escribió y dirigió
Twenty Tour Seven, con la que obtuvo el Pemio FIPRESCI en el
Festival de Venecia de 1998, además de otros muchos premios.
Rechazando ofertas de Hollywood, prefirió seguir su carrera
como guionista y director en Inglaterra: Once Upon a Time in the
Midlands (2002), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), This is England (2006),
Somers Town (2008) y Le Donk (2009).
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FICHA TÉCNICO-ARTÍSTICA
Título original: This Is England
País: Reino Unido.
Año: 2006.
Duración: 98 minutos.
Género: Drama.
Director: Shane Meadows.
Guión: Shane Meadows.
Fotografía: Danny Cohen.
Montaje: Chris Wyatt.
Música: Ludovico Einaudi.
Producción: UK Film Council / FilmFour / Big Arty Productions / Warp
Films / Screen Yorkshire / Optimum Releasing / EM Media.
Reparto: Combo (Stephen Graham), Sahun (Thomas Turgoose),
Cynthia (Jo Hartley), Milky (Andrew Shim), Lol (Vicky McClure),
Woody
(Joseph
Gilgun),
Smell
(Rosamund
Hanson),
Gadget
(Andrew Ellis)).
Sinopsis: Inglaterra años 80. Sahun, un joven de 12 años que ha
perdido a su padre en la Guerra de Las Malvinas no se adapta a
su nueva ciudad, ya que siempre pelea con compañeros de
clase que se meten con su aspecto y con su difunto padre. Un
día, conoce a una banda de skins encabezada por Woody, que
al verlo tan decaído se preocupa por él. Solo, angustiado,
acabará refugiándose en el grupo donde se siente bien.
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher became Prime Minister on 4 May 1979, with a
mandate to reverse the UK's economic decline and to reduce the
role of the state in the economy. She wanted to lead the country to
a higher level of influence and leadership in international affairs. She
represented the newly energetic right wing of the Conservative Party
and advocated greater independence of the individual from the
state and less government intervention. She promised to end what
she felt was excessive government interference in the economy, and
did
this
through
privatising
nationally-owned
enterprises
(she
privatised 21 companies between 1979 and 1990) and selling public
housing to tenants. She introduced limits on public spending and
reduced expenditures on social services as education and housing.
In January 1982 the unemployment was higher than 3,000,000
people for the first time since the 1930s. The term “Thatcherism”
came to refer to her policies as well as aspects of her ethical outlook
and personal style, including moral absolutism, nationalism and
interest in the individual among other things. One of the most famous
of her policies was the will to reduce the power of the trade unions.
Several unions launched strikes in response to legislation introduced
to curb their power, but resistance eventually collapsed. The miners’
strike was the climax of the confrontation between the unions and
the Thatcher government. In March 1984 the NUM ordered a strike,
without a national ballot in opposition to National Coal Board
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proposal to cut 20,000 jobs out of 187,000. 2/3 of the country’s miners
downed tools. Thatcher refused to meet the union’s demands. The
strike resulted in at least three deaths. Some 20,000 people were
injured in the course of the strike. 11,300 miners and their supporters
were arrested and charged with criminal offences. In the end the
strike did not achieve its goal.
The Falkland War
On 2 April 1982, a ruling military junta in Argentina invaded
the Falkland Islands and South
Georgia,
a
British
overseas
territory that Argentina had
claimed since a 1810s dispute
on the British settlement. The
following day, Thatcher sent a
naval task force to recapture
the
islands
invaders.
and
The
eject
the
conflict
escalated from there, evolving
into
an
ground
amphibious
combat
and
operation,
although war was not officially
declared by any country. Argentina surrendered on 14 June and the
operation was hailed a great success notwithstanding the deaths of
255 British servicemen and three Falkland Islanders. 649 Argentinians
also died, half of them after the cruiser ARA General Belgrano was
torpedoed by HMS Conqueror.
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ANTES DE VER THIS IS ENGLAND
Cómo se hizo
Hay un incidente en la vida del director que le sirvió de referente.
Cuando tenía 12 años y era skin pensaba que lo más emocionante
en la vida era ese tipo de masculinidad dura en los hombres.
Quería ver a hombres peleando, y una vez casi provoqué un acto
de violencia, y eso se convirtió en algo con lo que me empezó a
resultar difícil vivir.
El
casting es importante en los filmes de Shane Meadows que suele
trabaja con actores no profesionales, y que permite que la historia
coja forma gracias a la interpretación. Al buscar a los actores se
dio cuenta de que necesitaba un niño de la calle de verdad, y
encontró al protagonista en un programa para niños socialmente
marginados. Thomas Turgoose (Shaun) proviene de un barrio duro,
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de padres divorciados, y cobraba por cada prueba que hacía,
mostrando sabiduría callejera, pero también tenía una mirada
inocente. Yo pretendía hacer una película, que en el fondo era
sobre mí mismo, y mira por dónde, ¡terminé dando con un actor
niño que era yo! –dice el director.
Observa lo que se cuenta
Un retrato histórico, social y personal.
La historia de un adolescente huérfano y solitario, durante el
verano en que entra en contacto con la cultura skin. Una historia
marcada por una vivencia personal (la muerte de su padre) y
social (su entorno de relaciones y el ambiente deprimido de la
ciudad), que le llevan a vivir experiencias que le superan.
Todo ello en la Inglaterra de principios de los años 80, la de
Margaret Thatcher y la crisis de Las Malvinas.
Una época de paro e inmigración, con surgimiento de grupos
neonazis, utilizados por políticos extremistas y nacionalistas (Frente
Nacional), que propician el odio contra las minorías raciales.
Observa cómo se cuenta
Con imágenes documentales de informativos de la época en el
prólogo y en el epílogo, como contrapunto de la historia principal,
que es la personal de Shaun.
Fotografiada con una cámara de 16 mm., por lo que al pasarla al
formato profesional habitual de 35 mm. pierde definición y
aparece más grano, lo que hace más homogéneo lo rodado en
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relación con las imágenes de TV que anteceden y concluyen el
relato personal.
Con una cámara nerviosa y planificación descuidada, lo que
acrecienta el tono documental.
Con una excelente ambientación que recrea otra época.
Fantástica interpretación en miradas y gestos del protagonista.
Con diálogos pobres llenos de expresiones soeces que se repiten.
Con una banda sonora estupenda, un acierto, donde predominan
las
canciones
del
grupo
jamaicano
Toots
&
The
Maytals
(www.tootsandthemaytals.com/) y de los ingleses The Specials y Uk
Subs, además de las notas de un piano que suenan melodiosas en
fuerte contraste con las imágenes.
Con la voz en off de la radio dando noticias de la guerra.
Con una tensión latente que va in crescendo hasta el desenlace.
Con un principio y un final iguales formalmente: imágenes de
TV/retrato del padre/ camino de la escuela.
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THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS…
Before I saw it, I was expecting a Romper Stomper-style Neo
Nazi film…
(…)The violence in the film isn’t down to them being
skinheads. The violence at the end is about personal torture.
Ultimately, the skinhead side of the film is what I wanted it to be,
which is to show skinheads as they really were and as I saw it from
the inside. Basically as a Ska-Trojan-Reggae embracing culture that
through the course of the 1980s moved from Oi! music to bands like
Screwdriver, that took on that white power mantle. (…) It was always
a working class thing. There were no middle class skinheads where I
came from. Everyone thought the working classes were fucked, but
we were really proud of being working class and were going to wear
the equivalent of work-boots, jeans, a white shirt and some braces,
which we can all afford, and are going to create an image of
something so powerful. (…)
The National Front scene feels very authentic. Did you ever
witness something like that?
Yes, I did witness something like that. I actually went to a
meeting, in a house. (…) I was like Shaun – I got it but at the same
time I was thinking, ‘Why haven’t I got a comfortable chair? My
back’s hurting!’ (…) But the thing that stayed with me was that it
wasn’t just skinheads. It was local farmers who came. (…) They think
the National Front was just skinheads, but it wasn’t.
It was much
more widespread than that. I tried to relate that on the screen.
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CAST & CREW AND SYNOPSIS
Original title: This Is England
Country: United Kingdom.
Year: 2006.
Length: 98 minutes.
Genre: Drama.
Director: Shane Meadows.
Script: Shane Meadows.
Director of Photography: Danny Cohen.
Editing: Chris Wyatt.
OST: Ludovico Einaudi.
Production: UK Film Council / FilmFour / Big Arty Productions / Warp
Films / Screen Yorkshire / Optimum Releasing / EM Media.
Cast: Combo (Stephen Graham), Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), Cynthia
(Jo Hartley), Milky (Andrew Shim), Lol (Vicky McClure), Woody
(Joseph Gilgun), Smell (Rosamund Hanson), Gadget (Andrew Ellis).
Synopsis: England in the 80s. Shaun, a 12-year-old teenager who lost
his father in the Falkland War does not get adapted to his new
place; he fights his classmates because they are always picking on
him due to his appearance and the fact that he lost his father. One
day he meets a skin gang lead by Woody, who cares about him, as
he sees Shaun so upset. Alone and anguished Shaun will take refuge
in the people that make him feel ok.
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BEFORE WATCHING THE FILM…
Notice how they speak…
First you should know that not everybody in Britain has the
same accent. The same happens in Spain. The most widely known
accent is the one spoken by actors and actresses and also the one
spoken on BBC TV and Radio channels. However common people
do not speak this kind of English. The accent in the North of England
is not the same as the South and it is different from the one spoken in
London, which was considered the “cool” accent a few years ago.
This film is situated and was shot in Nottingham and Grimsby,
in the middle part of England, which is called “the Midlands”. This
was the industrial area of Britain. The words Shaun, Woody, Combo
use are the same any young person can use in any part of Britain.
But then you may realize that, in the film, you understand better the
way people speak on the radio and the character of Lenny during
his nationalistic speech than the rest of the characters. That is
because their language adjusts more to the standard and avoids
localisms, and it is easier to understand to foreigners.
Notice what is told…
This is the story of an almost-teenager, whose father died in the
Falkland War, and who lives in an industrial city in the middle part of
England in a time when economic depression was at its highest
point. Under these circumstances a lot of urban tribes are born; skins
are one of them. In the absence of a guiding masculine figure,
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Shaun meets Woody and his gang, who act as a big brother for him
till Combo appears.
Woody and Combo belong to a skin gang but they are
different from one another and take different sides inside the gang.
This will force Shaun to choose between Woody and Combo and will
take him into very harsh experiences.
Moreover,
the
economic
and
social
environment
that
provoked the birth of the skins among other groups was used by
radicals and extremist politicians to turn people against minorities
due to their race or ethnic group.
Un libro: Skins, Gavin Watson. Una colección de fotografías en
blanco y negro tomadas en los años 80.
Una película: Antes de los skins fueron los mods y los rockers. Su
historia en Quadrophenia, de Franc Roddam, 1979.
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Notice how it is told…
The film is a mixture of the historical context in which it is situated,
as you can see in the news extracts of the initial credits, and the
personal story of Shaun, the protagonist.
The film is shot with a 16 mm camera. However it loses quality
when it is transformed to the usual format in movies (35 mm) and it is
more likely to the initial and final news extracts. The shooting is
restless and the planning is careless so it makes the movie similar to a
documentary film. The mise-en-scene is very nicely built and the
protagonist’s interpretation, overall his gazes, expression and moods
are quite good in every scene. The dialogues are rather poor in their
vocabulary with a lot of repetitive crude, obscene expressions.
The OST is made up mainly of songs by Toots & The Maytals (from
Jamaica), The Specials, Soft Cell and UK Subs (from United
Kingdom), while the piano songs, composed by Ludovico Einandi,
contrast vividly with the pictures. It is important also the voice over
giving news about the war.
There is also a lot of tension from the beginning of the film that
grows over and over again till it ends up in the violent explosion
which hits Milky.
The movie has a circular structure which begins and ends in the
same way: archive material from TV news > Shaun looking at his
father’s portrait > Shaun going back to school.
Para saber más: www.thisisenglandmovie.co.uk
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NARRATIVE REPORT
1. Archive material edited with a song.
2. July 1983. Last day of term.
3. Shaun wakes up and looks at the picture of a soldier.
4. Shaun fights with some classmates because they pick on him and
laugh at his father.
5. Shaun meets the skins. Woody wants to help him (9’).
6. Shaun plays alone. Conventional music.
7. So, I am in the gang now?
8. They go out “hunting”: they smash a deserted house (16’05’’).
9. Thanks for the best day of my life (27’25’’).
10. Shaun arrives at home wearing ‘skin clothes’.
11. Cynthia, Shaun’s mother, has a talk with Shaun’s new friends.
12. Party at night. Smell kisses Shaun (34’24’’).
13. A racist remark by Combo arises some tension.
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14. Combo gives an ultranationalist racist speech (42’47’’).
15. The gang splits. Gadget and Shaun stay at Combo’s side.
16. I know what it is like, people just walk out on you- says Combo.
17. Political meeting of the National Front. Our country has been
stolen from under our noses (52’50’’).
18. They write racist graffiti on a wall.
19. They raid a store in the quarter, owned by a Pakistani.
20. Combo’s group turn up at Smell’s birthday party, Woody and his
gang leave.
21. Would you be my girlfriend? - asks Shaun to Smell (68’13’’).
22. Combo declares his love for Lol. There won’t be anything
between us, nothing. – says Lol sharply.
23. Combo drives Milky home. There is no problem (77’57’’).
24. Combo declares himself as a skin of the year 69, when whites
and blacks walked together.
25. They keep smoking and Milky tells about his family, he is a happy
fellow.
26. Piano music. What is it that turns a father into a bastard?
(84’21’’).
27. Combo gets angry and comes to blows with Milky.
28. Stop crying! Men don’t cry!
29. Archive material from TV: UK wins the Falkland War. Shaun looks
at his father’s picture as his mom talks to him (90’46’’).
30. Milky is gonna be OK.
31. Shaun throws angrily England’s flag away to the sea.
32. Final credits.
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ANALIZAMOS THIS IS ENGLAND
¿Es This is England una película violenta?
No es violenta, pero sí es dura por la falta de cariño, la soledad
y la huida de sí mismos que viven sus personajes. Y ese mundo
interior lo sabe transmitir con sensibilidad el director.
'This is England refleja:
1. Los comportamientos racistas y xenófobos en la sociedad.
2. La importancia de buscar modelos que ayuden al desarrollo
personal en la adolescencia. El protagonista encuentra a una
pandilla de skinheads que le adopta. Entra a formar parte de un
grupo de amigos que serán sus referentes, modelos masculinos a
seguir tras la muerte de su padre, pero ¿y la figura de la madre, no
podría haber tenido más presencia y peso?
La cultura skin.
El hecho de que lo acoja una pandilla skin permite contar la
intrahistoria de un colectivo de gente sin maldad, que quiere
pasarlo bien, interesada en la música, con un punto de rebeldía
exterior canalizada en su forma de vestir y actuar. Meadows no
disculpa la filosofía de esta tribu urbana, pero se esmera por marcar
distancias con las facciones de ideología violenta manipuladas por
los políticos del Frente Nacional, como se ve con la llegada de
Combo y la escisión del grupo.
Los personajes.
Shaun, el protagonista, un adolescente que necesita pertenecer a
un grupo. La película es un relato de iniciación: asistimos, a través
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de los ojos de un niño de doce años, al paso a la madurez. En la
primera escena se despierta y mira una foto de su padre vestido de
militar. ¿Recuerdas la imagen anterior? De un informativo de TV, dos
soldados llevan en una camilla el cadáver de un compañero. Es
evidente cómo esta pérdida le ha marcado; vemos cómo salta en
el colegio y frente a Combo y cómo enarbola la bandera de San
Jorge
y la
causa
Combo… Y al
nacionalista, hábilmente manipulado por
final le vemos tirar esa bandera con rabia, para
terminar en un plano detalle de su mirada hacia el futuro.
Combo, el personaje que da un giro dramático a la historia en
cuanto aparece. Y del que poco
a poco conocemos su pasado:
tres años y medio en la cárcel y
una infancia desgraciada donde
su
padre
debió
maltratarle;
demasiadas carencias afectivas,
tanto
en
su
infancia
como
después —Lol, a la que quería
como novia le rechaza—, han
hecho
de
él
desorientado y
un
un
complejo, con
comportamiento
violento.
¿Fue
individuo
el
muy
Combo
adolescente un niño como “Shaun”?
Woody, el líder y primer “padre” para Shaun, con el que se muestra
solidario. Tal vez se eche de menos su presencia en el tramo final de
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la película, pero el director no quiere contar una historia de skins
buenos y skins malos (Woody/Combo).
Milky y Lol, personajes secundarios, pero que tiene gran importancia
en la trama de la película, lo que prueba lo bien que ésta está
escrita. Milky es el único personaje negro y desmantela las actitudes
racistas; Milky encarna el espíritu original del movimiento skin de
finales de los 60: su look, el gusto por la música negra y su filosofía
antirracista, virtudes que el propio Combo le reconoce, pero,
paradójicamente, Milky será el sujeto del odio racial de la
atormentada personalidad de Combo.
Lol es la líder de las chicas, y además de la piba de Woody es la
única que trabaja. Sin duda la más madura del grupo, como se
comprueba siempre que habla, por lo que dice y cómo.
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Del resto se destacan Gadget y Smell. El primero, además de
raparse la cabeza parece que se ha rapado el cerebro, lo que le
hace fácilmente manipulable, y como Sahun también necesita ser
aceptado por la pandilla; ella, la novia de Sahun, igualmente
parece poco madura.
Los adultos, ¿dónde están? Cynthia, la madre, apenas es un
complemento; de las familias del resto, nada, salvo de la de Milky
que sabemos por él. Un tendero pakistaní y dos profesores duros que
no saben resolver un conflicto, completan la nómina.
El contexto político y social.
Está presente en el arranque de la película y en su cierre,
también de fondo en la radio, en los paisajes de extrarradio urbano
y en el discurso populista del mitin, pero sin él, el público más joven
o menos informado, también puede acercarse a la película.
La estructura y el ritmo narrativo
Con una estructura clásica de planteamiento, nudo y
desenlace recurre a un ritmo vigoroso, acorde con lo que cuenta.
Mantiene el equilibrio entre el protagonista y el resto de
personajes, alternando las situaciones distendidas y felices, casi
siempre asociados a momentos musicales, con los de máxima
tensión con una frecuencia medida, evitando que decaiga el
interés.
El intercalado de imágenes de la época más el tratamiento
fotográfico con un grano grueso remiten al documental, lo que le
da más verosimilitud a la historia.
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ACTIVITIES
1. Re-title the film
2. Seeing a film like this is useful because…
It whiles away the time It makes you think about the importance of
having a positive family environment I learn more about
something I have heard of It is good for nothing I can learn
more about the skin movement and England of the 80s You might
forget your fear to films in the original language 3. The film in Spain is rated for older than 13, while in UK it is rated for
older than 18 because of its coarse language and racist violence.
However, some cities decided not to observe this order; they said
the film should reach the white teenager audience in order to
change their perception. Do you think this is a good decision? Why?
4. Relate the following comment by Shane Meadows, about the
racism he found among the skins, with Shaun’s evolution along the
film: When one is 12 years old, and you see nobody in your town
can get a job, and someone says to you “it is that people’s fault”, it
is quite easy to believe them. I believed that for 3 weeks, but there
are people who still think like that when they are adults, and that is
frightening.
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5. The director said after the casting: I could see myself in that boy. I
remember in my school there were teachers who said to me that I
would end up in jail, that I was to expect just bad things in life. But
people believed in me, and I had done something with my life. The
director of This is England imprints a strong autobiographical sense to
the film, for example the name of the protagonist is quite similar to
the name of … can you see other parallelisms?
6. We are talking about…
… changeable character and violent behaviour,
… innocent, naïve, lonely and insecure,
… immature and easily influenced, sweet-toothed,
… sensible and rational,
… warm, a bit bighead/lout, but trustworthy,
7. What does Shaun need and how does he show that need in the
film?
8. The last day of term we can see some guys picking on him about
his dead father, and they end up in fight while other children exhort
them shouting fight! fight! What would you do if you were in that
schoolyard?
I would tell Shaun not to mind what they say I would tell the other
guy he had gone too far I would help Shaun in the fight because
he is right Nothing, that is none of my business I would call the
teachers 24
By the way, do you think teachers settle the question in the right
way?
9. Are you not surprised that Cynthia, Shaun’s mother, passes her
duties as a mother to a skin gang who are way older than her own
child? Why do you think she is doing this?
10.Do you think that skins nowadays, who are xenophobic and
racist, also suffered affective abandonment within their family and so
now they are violent and exclusive as it happens with Combo, or are
there other reasons? Which ones?
11.If you analyze the relationships among the members of the gang
you can see they are rather shallow, based mainly in that they share
the same dress code and language… than in emotional or rational
processes. Could you give some examples?
12.Focus on Woody and Combo. What differences can you see
between them?
Woody
Combo
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13.Now have a look at Shaun, do you think you would do the things
he does in the film if you were in his place?
14.Have a look at the National Front meeting scene, from the
moment Combo and the gang take the car to get to the bar where
the meeting has to take place: what do you think about the people
gathered there? Are they the kind of people you imagined going to
that meeting?
15.Can you imagine the future of these characters?
Combo
Shaun
Woody
Lol
16.What is the character you like the most apart from Shaun?
17.Have you ever needed to feel you belonged to a group? How
did you solve it?
18.Looking at your clothes, at the music you hear… would you say
you belong to some urban tribe? Which one?
19.Do you know the word that appears the most in the film?
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20.The film was shot in…
6 weeks 9 weeks 2 weeks of intense work 21.You are one of the scriptwriters of the film and you have to write a
different new end.
22.You still are the scriptwriter, but now your have to introduce a new
character in the story ¿which character and for what purpose?
23.What parts of the film have affected or moved you the most and
why?
24.Ask about Margaret Thatcher at home,
they
will
probably
remember
her
nickname…
25.Draw a double timeline. Put in those lines
the Margaret Thatcher government and the
Spanish government of the same époque.
With the help of a history book compare
both politics.
26.Choose among the following adjectives what you think describes
the film better:
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Drama Amusing Predictable Advisable It has a moral
message Surprising Social cinema Blunt Sad Too
violent …
27.Knowing that This is England had its premiere in Spain on 4th of
January, 2008 you will find easily the critics made to it in paper and
internet magazines. Late on you can compare them to your own
critic.
Te recomendamos: Somers Town (2008) / Shane Meadows, 71 minutos.
Tommo y Marek vivirán el mejor verano de sus vidas: colarse en los
trenes, poner en marcha un negocio de hamacas para la playa,
enamorarse de la misma chica, compartir la primera cerveza, callejear,
fantasear con el futuro, tomar conciencia de las injusticias sociales...
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VOCABULARY
Banda sonora: Banda sonora original (BSO), es la parte de sonido
resultante de la edición de diferentes pistas, ya sean diálogos,
sonidos y música. In English OST (Original Sound Track)
Britain/England: People in UK make a difference between Britain and
England. Britain refers to the whole territory of the British islands, while
England refers to the original territory of England, not including
Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. But the difference is cultural
also: people who call themselves ‘English’ want to differentiate
themselves from people from anywhere else that is not England as
such.
Casting: Proceso de selección de intérpretes.
Cine social: Cuenta las cosas que pasan. Con gran tradición en el
Reino Unido. Recomendable: Ken Loach (En un mundo feliz, 2007).
Discurso populista: El que hacen algunos políticos defendiendo las
reivindicaciones nacionalistas frente a presuntos enemigos externos,
a los que se considera causantes de los problemas propios.
Falkland War: it took place in 1982. In Spanish is known as ‘Guerra de
las Malvinas’ since that is the name Argentinians gave to these
islands. The Falkland Islands were a British colony since 1892,
although the dispute over the islands’ belonging to one or the other
country went on for long years before and after the war.
FIPRESCI: Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique,
in English known as International Federation of Film Critics.
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Mise-en-scene: In cinema it refers to everything that appears before
the camera (sets, props, actors, their positioning and movements on
the set, costumes and lightening) and to the camera’s arrangement.
It could be translated as “ambientación”. Set: plató; props: atrezzo;
costumes: vestuario; lightening: iluminación.
Personajes secundarios: Tienen una participación menor en la
trama, apoyan a los principales y ayudan a definirlos; por ejemplo,
Shaun y Combo son principales, Woody, Milky y Lol son secundarios.
To shoot: past tense = shot. As a verb it means “disparar” but also
“rodar”. As a noun ‘shoot’ is “rodaje cinematográfico”. The word
‘shot’ is a noun meaning ‘disparo’ but also ‘plano cinematográfico’.
Trade Unions: A trade union (or labour union) is an organization of
workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in
key areas, such as working conditions.
The Specials: Banda británica de Ska formada en 1977. Junto a
Madness una de las más importantes que haya dado el género.
Empezaron tocando ska, punk y pop, fusionando todos estos estilos
en lo que se llamó 2 Tone. Sus temas más conocidos: A Message To
You Rudy y Ghost Town. Pertenecientes a la cultura skinhead de
finales de los 60 y a la música ska tenían una visión antirracista y de
unificación por la libertad (http://www.thespecials.com/).
Voz en off: Se refiere a la no pronunciada visualmente delante de la
cámara. En This is England la de la radio que se escucha mientras
vemos diferentes fachadas de las casas del barrio. In English voice
over.
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UN DÍA DE CINE
Alfabetización audiovisual y crecimiento personal
Desde 1999 la pantalla como pizarra
Con la colaboración de
La Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España
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